Re: OT: Mildy OT: "Freedom kiss"?

Same here.  I don't see any problem with either phrasing.  And actually, I
like them better the way you have them, than the way Nik put them.  Born &
raised in CA, spent time in TX, MI, CT, and OH.  Never lived out of country,
and met my first Australian less than a year ago...  The second sentence I'd
probably put (assuming I had to come up with something like that
independently) more like... "The cost structure there is making it very
difficult for businesses to establish themselves," but only because my
sentences already average over 40 words apiece, and dividing clauses (or
whatever it is you're doing when you stick "there" at the end instead of in
the middle) only seems to confuse people even more.

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> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Nik Taylor
> > the original thread, apparently 'People weren't involved in trade during
> > the war' or 'The cost structure is making it very difficult for
> > businesses to establish there' are perculiarly Australian phrasings. Are
> Well, I would say "People weren't trading during the war" for the first,
> and I'd say "makes" instead of "is making" in the second; but both do
> make perfect sense to me, and would not even strike me as sounding odd.
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